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Textbooks optional: What unbundling and BYOD mean for learning technology

eSchool News

In response, students are also choosing the devices they want to use for learning, and why shouldn’t they? Similar to the age-old Apple vs. Android debate, students tend to have personal preferences about the devices they use for learning. Enter the age of BYOD. The benefits of a BYOD program are far-reaching.

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The best BYOD tech tools for the Common Core classroom

eSchool News

Our Board of Education then announced we were now a Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) district, but did not provide the professional development time to support this initiative. Meaning, students can get to the tool and create it regardless of whether they are using a PC, MAC, iPad, or Android. This is not always easy to decipher.

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EdTech Acronyms Explained

EdTech4Beginners

BLearning – Blended Learning (using a range of multimedia and strategies). BYOD – Bring Your Own Device. BYOL – Bring Your Own Learning. NGDLE – Next-generation Digital Learning Environment. Windows, Android). PBL – Project Based Learning ( click here for my guide ). AUP – Acceptable Use Policy.

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Rediscovering @CK12Foundation Flexbooks And More!

The Web20Classroom

More Instructional Materials-In additional to all this there are flashcards, lesson plans, assessments and other materials that can truly make your digital learning a complete experience. There are also apps for Apple and Android devices that can provide an even more rich experience. Using Google Classroom? Check it out!

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Here's How Single Sign-On Saved One District 2,500 Hours of Instructional Time Per Month

Edsurge

Nguyen talked with EdSurge about how to support schools with bring your own device (BYOD) programs, why SSO boosts security, and how it saves his teachers 2500 hours of instruction time each month. Plus, we’re a BYOD environment. After two years, that number had soared to 29,000 users out of a possible 32,000.

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Looking Back At 2011 And Looking Forward To 2012

The Web20Classroom

I wrote several posts about my favorite places to find information about iPads in education or my favorite iPad/Android apps for Administrators. Of course all of this is a long way off but I do think we see more and more conversations about badges and their place in learning. BYOD can help. Look at my district. 57,000 students.

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Confessions of a Digital Leader: Migrating Back to A Digital Life

RafranzDavis.com

We have BYOD, which is problematic at times if we are truly honest. Although I will be purchasing devices to strategically put technology into the hands of our students, I can’t commit to ever being called a Chromebook, Android tablet or Ipad district as I don’t see standardized devices as an option either. Rafranz Davis.

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